Highlights of the illustrious past history of BEC3 "The Science Chamber

Bose-Einstein condensates on an atom chip

G.-B. Jo, J.-H. Choi , C.A. Christensen, T.A. Pasquini, Y.-R. Lee, W. Ketterle, and D.E. Pritchard
Phase Sensitive Recombination of Two Bose-Einstein Condensates on an Atom Chip
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 180401 (2007) Paper

G.-B. Jo, Y. Shin, S. Will, T. A. Pasquini, M. Saba, W. Ketterle , D. E. Pritchard, M. Vengalattore, and M. Prentiss
Long Phase Coherence Time and Number Squeezing of Two Bose-Einstein Condensates on an Atom Chip
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 030407 (2007) Paper

Y. Shin, C. Sanner, G.-B. Jo, T. A. Pasquini, M. Saba, W. Ketterle, D. E. Pritchard, M. Vengalattore and M. Prentiss
Interference of Bose-Einstein Condensates on an Atom Chip
Phys. Rev. A 72 , 021604(R) (2005) Paper 

Quantum reflection of a Bose-Einstein condensate from a surface

T. A. Pasquini, M. Saba, G. Jo, Y. Shin, W. Ketterle, D. E. Pritchard, T. A. Savas, N. Mulders
Low Velocity Quantum Reflection of Bose-Einstein Condensates
Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 260402 (2006) Paper

T.A. Pasquini, Y. Shin, C. Sanner, M. Saba, A. Schirotzek, D.E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle
Quantum Reflection of Atoms from a Solid Surface at Normal Incidence
Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 223201 (2004) Paper

Guinness World Record for lowest temperature ever produced

A. E. Leanhardt, T. A. Pasquini, M. Saba, A. Schirotzek, Y. Shin, D. Kielpinski, D. E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle
Adiabatic and Evaporative Cooling of Bose-Einstein Condensates Below 500 Picokelvin
Science 301, 1513-1515 (2003) Summary and Paper
Press Report and Photos
How to achieve and measure ultralow temperatures

First realization of optical transport of ultracold atoms between two separate vacuum chambers

A. P. Chikkatur, Y. Shin, A. E. Leanhardt, D. Kielpinski, E. Tsikata, T. L. Gustavson, D. E. Pritchard, and W. Ketterle
A Continuous Source of Bose-Einstein Condensed Atoms
Science 296, 2193-2195 (2002), published online in Science Express on May 16, 2002
Summary, Paper and Press Report

T.L.Gustavson, A.P.Chikkatur, A.E.Leanhardt, A.Görlitz, S.Gupta, D.E.Pritchard, and W.Ketterle
Transport of Bose-Einstein Condensates with Optical Tweezers
Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 020401 (2002) Summary, Paper and Images
Press Report 1 and 2

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